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Lorwyn: First Light
The changelings of Lorwyn are charismatic shapeshifters able to crudely mimic the forms of creatures and plants. Unlike most shapeshifters, however, their innate powers don’t allow them to
effect inexplicably charming.
Changelings from Lorwyn live in a vast, mystical cave called Velis Vel Grotto (see Lorwyn: First Light). Once per year, many changelings make a pilgrimage to the grotto
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
Antimagic Susceptibility. In an area of antimagic, Prisoner 13’s tattoos and reactions don’t function, and she suffers the following modifications to her statistics: her AC becomes 13
knocked prone.
River Tattoo. Prisoner 13 magically ends any effects causing the grappled or restrained conditions on herself. If she is bound with nonmagical restraints, she slips out of them.Readiness
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Order. An organized hoard makes me happy—and you don’t want to see me unhappy. (Lawful)
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Preparation. Justice and righteousness do not guarantee victory. Planning and
without excavation or magic, as the dragon can simply open doorways in walls whenever necessary.
The lair has the following features:
Disguised Entrances. An otherwise unremarkable cave (shown at the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
happy—and you don’t want to see me unhappy. (Lawful)
5
Preparation. Justice and righteousness do not guarantee victory. Planning and tactics do. (Lawful)
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Companionship. Sure
open doorways in walls whenever necessary.
The lair has the following features:
Disguised Entrances. An otherwise unremarkable cave (shown at the top of the map) provides the main access to the lair
Magic Items
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
An ornate carving of a serpent adorned with a coursing river spirals down the length of this redand-gold staff. While you’re holding it, you can use an action to produce one of the following
don’t have the incapacitated condition. You decide what action the snake takes and where it moves during its turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
creatures whose combined average hit points don’t exceed 500. These undead magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of Orcus and obey his commands
. Surrounded by a moat fed by the River Styx, Naratyr is an eerily quiet and cold city, its streets often empty for hours at a time. The central castle of bone has interior walls of flesh and carpets made of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creatures whose combined average hit points don’t exceed 500. These creatures magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of Orcus and obey his commands
River Styx, Naratyr is an eerily quiet and cold city, its streets empty for hours at a time. The central castle of bone has interior walls of flesh and carpets made of woven hair. The city contains
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
like to be the center of attention.
Emerald Dragon Ideals
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Ideal
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Seclusion. It’s safer if others don
paid for the information I glean, I don’t care what others do with it. (Evil)
Emerald Dragon Adventures
The Emerald Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
burning river.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Deception
Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water)
Equipment: A fancy leather vest or a pair of leather boots, a set of common clothes, and a
business.
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I was tricked by a fellow smuggler who stole something precious from me. I will find that thief.
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I give most of my profits to a charitable cause, and I don’t like to brag
Bugbear
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Shiftless, Savage Layabouts
When they’re not in battle, bugbears spend much of their time resting or dozing. They don’t engage in crafting or agriculture to any great extent, or
, often a natural cave or an old bear den, and it might have supplementary dens elsewhere in its territory that it uses temporarily when it goes on long forays for food.
In good times, a bugbear gang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Cave of Echoes The Cave of Echoes is a day’s ride south of Sybar. Originally, the cave was the underground course of a river that flowed from a lake in the Eternal Garden before the garden was drawn
in the Cave of Echoes links it to the Eternal Garden and saturates the caverns with fey magic. The hilltop is now barren, and the river, which still flows through the portal, has been reduced to a mere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Cave A hungry kuo-toa named Hlool crouches in the middle of this cave. If the characters give it food, Hlool eats the food, then dives to the bottom of the River Sargauth, returns minutes later with a
10. Kuo-toa Lair East of the island fortress, an old dock protrudes from the mouth of a damp cave like a wooden tongue. 10a. Old Dock The dock creaks and groans but is safe to stand on. 10b. Kuo-toa
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
turn day into night.
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Dive into the Abyss. You found yourself in an underwater cave leading to the Abyss, and your luck has been sour ever since.
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Love Story. You fell in love with a
nature.
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My friends are my crew; we sink or float together.
3
I need long stretches of quiet to clear my head.
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Rich folk don’t know the satisfaction of hard work.
5
I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Montesco hires the characters to capture one. 3 A spectral olvidado named Don Edelmiro hires the characters for protection after a band of criminal thugs raid his estate. He’s convinced his
descendants are behind the attack. 4 A street child named Anita approaches the characters for help. Her friends were taken by a banshee that wanders the streets near the Calaveras River at night.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-high cave as a nursery. The cave has been empty since the kuo-toa were forced to vacate it. Tiny fish bones litter the floor. 24e. East Sentries The underground river is loudest here. Three enslaved troglodytes guard this 30-foot-high cave.
river become less obtrusive. Eighteen troglodytes live in these caves and respond quickly to sounds of battle. These enslaved troglodytes can’t take reactions. When an enslaved troglodyte takes damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
passages that mimic the anguished wails of drow who failed her divine test. 8a. Webs in the Wind The winds are loudest here, stirring the thick webs that fill this cave and evoking ghostly shapes. 8b. Mad
characters cast a silence spell around the drider, it enjoys the respite and allows them to pass through its cave unharmed. Otherwise, it attacks them in a demented rage. 8c. Pirate Rhyme This cave abuts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
M4. Wererat Den Scattered about this cave are pickaxes, shovels, and other mining tools. The northeast section contains four giant rats. The southwest section contains wererats in human form: one
male wererat for each party member (including Don-Jon Raskin but not sidekicks) plus a female wererat named Zeleen Varnaster — the leader of the Whiskered Gang. If Zeleen dies, another wererat takes over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
also see a giant bird’s nest atop a 60-foot-tall promontory (area 2) and three cave mouths, one on the west side of the river (leading to area 6) and two on the east side (leading to areas 3 and area 15A). Unless the characters take steps to remain hidden, they are spotted by the roc in area 2.
1. Canyon Entrance The mouth of the canyon is a grassy ravine with a shallow but swift-flowing river at the bottom. A moss-covered log spans the river at one point. As one heads north into the canyon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
V9. Manticore Lair A pool fills the center of this deep cave, born from a natural spring beneath the rock and flowing outward into the river. Long stalactites hang above the pool, surrounding a
natural central pillar. Water drips from the stalactites into the pool, echoing throughout the cave. Some of the debris here looks like leftovers from an old camp, including four old crates.
Two
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
hidden that the surface-dwelling citizens in the area often don’t know what lies beneath them.
Because the kobolds make sure they stay out of the way of anyone more dangerous than themselves, grow
have clearly been lost or thrown away, which is easy to do without attracting attention. At the same time, they don’t automatically shy away from trying to grab items that are the property of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. (The caltrops are meant to discourage the aboleth from beaching itself in the cave. Characters can easily spot and avoid them.)
The presence of the aboleth has tainted the underground river and
20. Kuo-toa Refuge Slime. Every surface of this 30-foot-high cave is coated in slime.
Kuo-toa. Two kuo-toa whips, twenty adult kuo-toa, and ten young kuo-toa (Small noncombatants) reside here. One
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
that rely on hearing due to the loud roar of the underground river nearby. 19b. Safe Shoreline Cave The 10-foot-high, rough-hewn chamber is strewn with rubble. The shore is rocky and covered with loose dirt.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
creature that fails the check falls off the bridge and lands prone on the frozen river below, taking 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage from the fall. U6. Old Camp This cave contains an abandoned campsite
Areas of the Cauldron Caves Map 1.10: Cauldron CavesView Player Version The following locations are keyed to map 1.10. U1. Cave Mouths The characters must climb icy cliffs to reach the three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hook, which the drow use to swing across the river. A side cave contains the remnants of an old campfire and the skeletal remains of a halfling adventurer who was robbed and killed by his companions. There’s no treasure left to be found here.
16. Crossfire Caves Four drow sentries watch for river incursions from Skullport. The drow fire crossbows at enemies as they pass between the two caves. 16a. North Ledge Two male drow hide on this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Ferryman’s Rest This 20-foot-high cave abuts the River Sargauth and has the following features: Door. An ornate stone door embedded in the northwest wall is flanked by bas-reliefs of helmed dwarves
13. Riverside Caves These rooms contain conveyances the characters can use to travel up and down the River Sargauth. 13a. Drow Rafts The drow use rafts to ply the River Sargauth. Leaning against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
The Fouled Stream Adventure for Level 1 Characters Situation. An alien fungus in a cave is polluting the stream that flows past the village of High Ery. The fungus has spawned vile creatures in and
around the cave. Hook. The folk of High Ery are noticing fungal growths on the riverbanks and a layer of scum on the water. The characters might live in the village, or a contact in the Free City of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
-mouthed cave. Boat Ride A tiefling ferrier (commoner) in a heavy, hooded robe waits silently to convey characters to the casino. The ferrier plays the part of Charon on the real River Styx. The tiefling
tiefling directs them down a brightly lit row of docks, where boats wait to take the characters downriver. The casino’s entrance is visible a short distance away, where the river enters a wide
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
infirm. Orcs don’t revere their gods as much as they fear them; every tribe has superstitions about how to avert their wrath or bring their favor. This deep-seated uncertainty and fear comes forth
Luthic. He predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children.
Life in the Tribe
Orcs survive through savagery and force of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
+1 Removed the sword stuck in the clay golem’s chest +1 L3: Guano-Covered Cave Defeated the cloaker +1 Used the tunnel ledge to access the areas to the north +1 L4: Littered Cave Avoided the
: Slimy Cavern Gathered or ate contaminated mushrooms −1 Recovered the elf corpse’s equipment +1 L8: Stinking Cave Defeated the trolls +3 Found the trolls’ loot +1 L9: Bat Corridor Disturbed the bats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of Orestes, a site sacred to the god Phenax. She also notes that a recent earthquake has uncovered a cave along the Khystonos River that could be the secret site’s location. If so, then perhaps within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
10. Caves of the River Coven All the caves in this area are cold and damp, with water dripping from the ceiling to form shallow pools of water everywhere. 10a. Black Pebble Cave This 8-foot-high cave
abuts the River Sargauth. Its floor is covered with wet black pebbles that crunch underfoot. The sound of footsteps on the pebbles is loud enough to alert the grimlocks in area 10b. 10b. Grimlocks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
full of life. Stalactites drip into shallow puddles, and water trickles down the slick cave walls. The sounds of cave bats, small insects, and the caverns’ monstrous denizens echo throughout
assume the characters have a light source or other means of seeing in the dark. Underground Rivers. The rivers that span the lesser caverns have strong currents. A creature that enters a river for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Movement Swimming across a rushing river, sneaking down a dungeon corridor, scaling a treacherous mountain slope — all sorts of movement play a key role in fantasy gaming adventures. The DM can
dungeon, particularly a large dungeon or a cave network, the DM can summarize movement between encounters: "After killing the guardian at the entrance to the ancient dwarven stronghold, you consult your map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Movement Swimming across a rushing river, sneaking down a dungeon corridor, scaling a treacherous mountain slope--all sorts of movement play a key role in fantasy gaming adventures. The DM can
, particularly a large dungeon or a cave network, the DM can summarize movement between encounters: "After killing the guardian at the entrance to the ancient dwarven stronghold, you consult your map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Sinkhole The stream that flows through the Glitterhame descends through the chasm in area 25 to an even lower level of caverns—the Sinkhole. Here it joins a subterranean river that traverses dark
its submerged areas, using the river as a back door to its lair. A narrow staircase winds down along the chasm walls until reaching bottom, where it offers access to area 28. Map 2.4: The Sinkhole